It is hilarious to me. Especially when you compare the anthems, The Italian one is about dying in the Risorgimento. The English one is about what a cool cat the current monarch is. If the English had any sense they'd boo their own anthem.
It is hilarious to me. Especially when you compare the anthems, The Italian one is about dying in the Risorgimento. The English one is about what a cool cat the current monarch is. If the English had any sense they'd boo their own anthem.
When the Engl*sh hooligans booed the anthem in the semifinals I just took it as no more than another manifestation of the gammon instinct of being nasty to foreigners. Living under neoliberal austerity while also feeling entitled to the spoils of a long-gone empire dies that to people.
I was more appalled by them shining laser pointers at the eyes of Danish keeper Kasper Schmeichel during their (suspiciously undeserved) penalty shoot, and the ridiculously mild slap on the wrist UEFA gave them for doing so.